I think those "big issues" sound absolutely awesome. Emergent behaviour I think it's called. Too bad these days the developers take their games so seriously and try to control everything, in a tidy corporate professional way, which is of course incredibly boring. Oblivion could have benefitted from some unexpected situations, even if they would have occasionally broken some quests. Most of them weren't really all that exciting in the first place.
Also I think that the graphics, while impressive, lead to situation where players demand too much from the AI. If the characters look realistic, you expect them to behave realistic. And when they obviously can't, players are disappointed and the suspension of disbelief suffers some damage.
Also I think that the graphics, while impressive, lead to situation where players demand too much from the AI. If the characters look realistic, you expect them to behave realistic. And when they obviously can't, players are disappointed and the suspension of disbelief suffers some damage.